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Icahn to get Microsoft on speed dial?
Investor activist Carl Icahn has gone from no communication with Microsoft to somewhere lacking close communications, regarding the software giant's Yahoo talks.
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"As a network professional, I have used various Linux-based systems for many years in troubleshooting and monitoring networks. However, Linux has never been my operating system of choice for my office desktop.
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"quickly approaching" feature parity with Linux .
Linux may soon have a stronger open-source competitor on the desktop if FreeBSD's plans come to fruition. FreeBSD developer Scott Long told ZDNet UK on Thursday that the operating system, descended from the Unix derivative BSD, is "Lots of work is going on to make FreeBSD more friendly on the desktop," Long said.
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StrangeCharm - Particle Debris, WWDC and Sporks!
H ave you ever wondered what computers are good for? Jackie Mason knows. In his hilarious video blog, he tells us: Maybe they aren't so useful after all. No one over, ahem, 50-ish, knows how to use a computer. If they bought one, it was just because they're ashamed
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Washington DC
IRVINE, Calif. ( Map ) - IRVINE, Calif. , June 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless has widened its 3G "fast lane" in San Bernardino County .
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Washington DC
LAKE MARY, Fla. ( Map ) - LAKE MARY, Fla. , June 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FARO Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: FARO ) the world leader in portable computer-aided measurement hardware and software, announced that its President and CEO, Jay Freeland , earned Ernst & Young's 2008 Florida Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Technology category.
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Henry vetoes 10 bills
Gov. Brad Henry vetoed 10 bills on Friday, including one creating the Office of Accountability, as he closed out his work on legislation passed by the 2008 Oklahoma Legislature. He also vetoed a section of a bill requiring the Oklahoma Ethics Commission to spend $50,000 on computer software deemed to be incompatible with existing software. Another veto was on a bill that would have gutted the ...
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Sony Offers Universities PSP, PS2 Dev Kits
Sony has announced PlayStation-edu, a new initiative that will sell PS2 and PSP development kits to universities for students to learn engineering and programming skills on real-world console and handheld hardware. The announcement came via Sony's official PlayStation.Blog, where senior developer support manager Mark Danks said the company wanted to ensure "students who are graduating from ...
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NIIT courses in Bihar, Maharashtra schools
NEW DELHI: NIIT will provide computer and computer-aided education to 19 lakh students in 900 State government schools in Bihar and Maharashtra in the next five years. “The programme uniquely positions us to become the only training ...
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Students want better online security
n Berkeley law clinic asks lending giant Sallie mae to improve passwords
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10 years for Burbank man in online sting
A Burbank man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for trying to arrange sex with someone he thought was a 14-year-old Milwaukee girl.
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India underpins Dell’s ‘emerging’ success
Special laptop for India, China launched
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Recent Original Stories
"UNIX and Windows data-center market share remain neck-and-neck, according to most analysts, but many in IT perceive UNIX and Linux innovation as slowing to a crawl.
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Biographical details on Michael Donley
NAME - Michael B. Donley. AGE-BIRTH PLACE - 55; Novato, Calif. EXPERIENCE - Director of administration and management, Defense Department, 2005-2008; senior vice president, Hicks and Associates Inc., 1996-2005; senior fellow, Institute for Defense Analyses, 1993-1996; acting secretary, Air Force, 1993; assistant secretary, financial management and comptroller, Air Force, 1989-1993; deputy ...
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Quincy to build water-recycling system
QUINCY - City and port officials are close to opening bids on a $4.5 million system to treat and reuse municipal wastewater to cool this tech boomtown's looming data centers.
The Wenatchee World |
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Linked Data Leaders: The Semantic Web Is Here
Two Linked Data visionaries say the standards are in place and the Semantic Web vision is a reality — you just have to know where to look.
InternetNews.com |
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Amazon.com site fails for 2 hours, cause unknown
Online retailer Amazon.com Inc said its U.S. website was down for about 2 hours on Friday but said it was unsure what had blocked access to the world's biggest online store.
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Amazon.com site fails for 2 hours, cause unknown
Online retailer Amazon.com Inc said its U.S. website was down for about 2 hours on Friday but said it was unsure what had blocked access to the world's biggest online store.
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Microsoft's Ballmer to Retire in a Decade
Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer plans to retire as early as 2017, a Microsoft representative confirmed Friday.
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Supreme Court Rules in Case Over Enticing Minor via Internet
DES MOINES (AP) - The Iowa Supreme Court has upheld a decision finding that there wasn't enough evidence to convict a Des Moines man of enticing a minor.
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FTC appeals Rambus loss in standards case
WASHINGTON, June 6 - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission asked an appeals court on Friday to reconsider its decision overturning a ruling that computer chip company Rambus Inc violated antitrust laws, an FTC staffer said.
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FTC Probes Whether Intel Played Dirty
The Federal Trade Commission has started a formal inquiry into the pricing practices of leading chipmaker Intel, a move that rival Advanced Micro Devices has long requested. The FTC recently opened the formal investigation by issuing subpoenas to Intel and AMD, as well as other parties, including the personal computer makers who buy chips from the two companies.
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Intel Receiving Federal Antitrust Scrutiny
The chipmaker's long-standing dismissal of antitrust claims by its main rival, AMD, will receive a test as Federal Trade Commission regulators take a closer look at Intel. read more
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American Gaming Association spent $800,000 in first quarter to lobby on Internet gambling
WASHINGTON (AP) - The American Gaming Association, a trade group that represents the casino industry, spent $800,000 in the first quarter to lobby on Internet gambling legislation and other issues.
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Recent Original Stories
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 25th Aug 2006 09:12 UTC, submitted by Ralf. The web exploded yesterday with the news that Microsoft would cripple 32bit versions of Vista so they would not play protected high-definition content.
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